12 Week Ultrasound

Today we had our 12 week ultrasound visit. The babies are still looking healthy, albeit a bit on the small side. Based on their size alone, they’re 3 days and 5 days, respectively, behind where they should be. That’s consistent with where they were during the first 2 ultrasounds, so I suspect my due-date may be off by a few days. The nurse said that they won’t change the due date as long as it’s that close, so we’re sticking with December 22 (not that it really matters given the planned early delivery).

I asked the doctor when we would be able to find out what they were. I meant what the gender of the babies was, but I was struggling with my words. I tried to save the conversation and said “I mean I know they’re babies, but when can we find out if they’re boys or girls?” I’m pretty sure the doctor muttered underneath her breath “puppies” which made me giggle a bit. She then started shaking my belly with the ultrasound scanner trying to get them to move apart (they were curled up together before that and it was hard to differentiate one’s body parts from the others’). Unfortunately she couldn’t get a good enough look to tell us for sure what the gender is. She said she thought she knew, but didn’t want to tell us until she was absolutely sure. To my untrained eyes, I didn’t see anything between their legs, so I think they’re likely girls – but hopefully we’ll get a confirmation next time.

We strangely don’t have a preference as to whether they’re boys or girls. I really would have expected to feel strongly about it one way or another, but with all the potential risks that have been thrown out there, our focus has just been on having healthy babies. I’m very anxious to know either way though – I have the week of 6/27 off and would love to get their room painted and start decorating during that time. The doctor keeps telling me to get my ducks in a row very early because I won’t be able to during bed rest, so I’m feeling the pressure.

Here are the ultrasound pictures from this week’s visit: